Antique

Musicians and music from South Asia have influenced contemporary music for generations. Norwegian Wood, anyone?

But do the people from a specific culture own it? Who can and should use this music? And where is the line between appreciation and appropriation in art?

What should we make of practices when people who are not of South Asian descent put on a bindi, like pop star Selena Gomez did during a 2013 performance of her song “Come and Get It?”

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